rmdopen.bmj12d
Risk factors for venous thromboembolism and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: do they differ in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Objective Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an increasing concern in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with little known about risk factors. We aimed to compare risk factors for unprovoked VTE and ...
rmdopen.bmj13d
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH): where we are now and where to go next
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a well-recognised entity characterised by calcifications and ossifications of the entheses affecting mainly the spine and peripheral sites. DISH is ...
rmdopen.bmj7d
Classification of rheumatoid arthritis: is it time to revise the criteria?
Classification criteria have been developed for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other rheumatic diseases in order to gather a homogeneous patient population for clinical studies and facilitate the ...
rmdopen.bmj7d
Cigarette smoking patterns preceding primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Background Cigarette smoking is a well-established risk factor for several autoimmune diseases, but its role in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) remains unclear. Here, we investigated the association ...
rmdopen.bmj6d
Medication utilisation trends during pregnancy and factors influencing adverse pregnancy outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have less favourable pregnancy outcomes compared with the general population. Female patients with RA who are planning for pregnancy and lactation have limited ...
rmdopen.bmj2d
Pretreatment mortality risk prediction model in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease
Objectives Risk prediction for patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease (PM/DM-ILD) is challenging due to heterogeneity in the ...
rmdopen.bmj8d
Novel insight into the aetiology of rheumatoid arthritis gained by a cross-tissue transcriptome-wide association study
Background Although genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified more than 100 loci associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility, the causal genes and biological mechanisms ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
Targeting danger molecules in tendinopathy: the HMGB1/TLR4 axis
Objectives To seek evidence of the danger molecule, high-mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1) expression in human tendinopathy and thereafter, to explore mechanisms where HMGB1 may regulate inflammatory ...
rmdopen.bmj11d
Application of the 2023 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease in a seronegative rheumatoid arthritis cohort
The 2023 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease were recently approved.1 These criteria used an adjusted domain scoring system including demographic, ...
rmdopen.bmj12d
5-year follow-up of spinal and sacroiliac MRI abnormalities in early axial spondyloarthritis: data from the DESIR cohort
2 NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal Objective To study changes on MRI of the spine and sacroiliac joint (SIJ) in early axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) over time.
rmdopen.bmj8d
Assessment of inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using thermography and machine learning: a fast and automated technique
Objectives Sensitive detection of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is crucial to the success of the treat-to-target strategy. In this study, we characterise a novel machine ...
rmdopen.bmj7d
Sleep behaviour differs in women and men with psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis with impact on quality of life and depressive symptoms
Objectives Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) may have a profound impact on sleep and health-related quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess sleep quality and ...